Since the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television expressly prohibits the appearance of ghosts in film works, there have been fewer zombie films and ghost films, and instead focus on fine-tuned themes. Therefore, this policy was once used as an excuse by those who criticized domestically produced horror films for not being good. . And in a foreign film that was born in 2016 - "Hold Your Breath", people who make excuses for their strength, don't you believe me?
Now, after five years of violation, the sequel has ushered in, and the story line of the sequel is 8 years after the original story line. The focus of the first part is the killing in the forbidden room. The space scene of the sequel is slightly opened. At the same time, through weakening Veterans, strengthened intruders, achieved anti-kill, and at the same time, through the perfect narration method, the whole film has twists and turns, which greatly adds to the sense of suspense. And it has a profound interpretation of the emotions between people and between people and animals, and it is rare that it does not lose to the sequel to the previous work.
The veteran in the film was a Navy SEAL before. This identity is the basis for him to complete the counter-kill in a situation where the enemy is outnumbered. At the same time, old age and blindness are the means to weaken him.
Everyone knows that people who have participated in wars are prone to PTSD.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is defined as the result of an individual experiencing, witnessing, or experiencing one or more actual deaths involving themselves or others, or threatened with death, or serious injury, or threats to bodily integrity. of individuals with delayed onset and persistent mental disorders
And one of the PTSD symptoms of veterans is -- guilt
Guilt caused by the moral dilemmas faced by military personnel in combat is a leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a recent study published in Medical X Press. The authors of the study noted that active duty military personnel may develop a sense of "survival" guilt because of the death of other active duty members, witnessing or participating in the unintentional killing of women or children.
This guilt is alluded to in the film or not
Perhaps it is this sense of guilt that reverses the conscience of the veteran, putting him in the role of a penitent . He feels guilty in his heart for his actions of killing and raping people before. At the same time, the film adds a new role between the veteran and the intruder-a little girl, whose situation is lonely and can only imagine playing with other friends
She also becomes the key throughout the film, driving the entire storyline forward. From being stalked by a strange man, making people mistaken for a pedophile, to the intruder telling about his relationship with the little girl, making people understand that this is the behavior of the biological father to get the child back from the adoptive father, to the mother-daughter relationship It makes people realize that the purpose behind all this is for the heart of the little girl
A little girl's heart is needed to save the life of the woman at the heart of the drug making. Wen Shi didn't like the peace, and surrounded a little girl with twists and turns without being blunt, so she had to like it once! ! At the same time, the setting of the little girl also greatly increases the horror effect, making people feel as if they are replaced with the characters. If the sense of immersion is strong, you can feel the horror of your character as a little girl in the process of avoiding the intruder.
Going back to the veteran, perhaps it was the existence of this guilt that prompted the little girl to finally choose the name he gave (the veteran named the little girl Xiaofeng, while her biological parents named the little girl Tara )
In addition to handling the plot very well, this work also pays great attention to the details of the characters, so the images of the characters are very full. For example, a veteran who is decisive in killing intruders, and he who is reluctant to attack invading dogs:
Perhaps it is precisely because of this kindness to the dog that the veteran can find the intruder's nest, because the dog will remember the good and bad of people, abandon the dog, and leave the intruder alone
Who betrayed whom?
In the end, the repentance of the veterans was revealed once again
And when it comes to the scene processing of this film, it is definitely the PG-18.
After careful reflection, this work adds the anti-kill + suspense point of view on the basis of the original forbidden room killing, and the basis of the anti-kill is largely due to the veteran's ability to create an environment that is conducive to his blindness, which is the picture above Said so that the intruder will see what he sees:
It is worth mentioning that although this film is called "Hold Your Breath", in one place, the veteran tells the little girl to take a deep breath, which is a little teasing and some questions, but when you think about it carefully, it has deep meaning. The veteran is oppressed by a heavy sense of guilt. Next, the breathing is obviously not easy, the intruder can die with one breath, and naturally he can only hold his breath. The only person in this film who can and is qualified to take a deep breath may only be a little girl:
When it comes to counter-killing, this is Xiaoyou's heart. At the end of the article, Xiaoyou recommends a few cool movies about the protagonist's counter-killing:
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